In the South Seas, money is the eliminated
middleman. “Never mind the bill,” said Manning tragically, standing up
and thrusting a four-shilling piece into her hand, and turning a broad back on her
astonishment. In each pause she could
sense his growing trepidation. Did I not say so, Hilary?’
Melusine’s glance shot across to the newcomer, and found a petite blonde
standing there, very fashionably attired in a velvet mantel over an apple-green
robe, the furred hood framing a face alive with mischief. I don’t
understand the workings of a gentleman’s mind. But, on the bursting of that bubble, his hopes
vanished with it. She had a bittersweet
fragrance, like dusty books and honeysuckle. ‘And I have a very good mind to kill you. ”
She seated herself in a loose and easy attitude and surveyed the backs of the
Avenue houses; then her eyes wandered to where the new red-and-white villas
peeped among the trees.
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